“What's remarkable about Israel's economy is that in the last few years we have situations which, in any other country, would have been totally disruptive. The incredible thing is that none of these threats have a measurable impact on our economy!”— Michael Freedman
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Science, akin to art, music, and literature, reshapes our perspectives, offering new insights into ourselves and our surrounding universe. This transformative aspect is what makes science as thrilling as any other facet of human culture.
— Lawrence KraussTheoretical Physicist & Public Advocate for Science and Atheism
On a fundamental level, any experience that nudges your mind to engage from a unique angle is immensely valuable. Art, for instance, demands a different set of appreciation and communication skills. It invites you to respect and marvel at someone whose talents may be starkly distinct from your own.
— Malcolm GladwellAuthor of "The Tipping Point" & Popular Cultural Theorist
No one chooses their level of creativity. Understanding the neurological underpinnings of our reactions to art doesn't detract from the beauty and awe these creations inspire.
— Robert SapolskyNeuroscientist & primatologist known for stress research and public engagement
I would describe games as an art form centred around systems. Viewing the world as a system means perceiving it as a collection of interconnected elements. These elements interact in a way that both enables and restricts themselves and each other. Essentially, what is observed is the collective behaviour of these elements as they unfold over time, creating a range of possibilities.
— Frank LantzGame designer and NYU professor known for game theory and interactive entertainment
The endurance of games like backgammon or chess lies in their continual presentation of an interesting problem. These strategy and decision-making games are like a well from which we draw insights. As a game designer, I can attest that while creating games, most rule combinations aren't inherently fascinating. Often, a game concept might initially seem uninteresting or static, and despite efforts to invigorate it, it remains lifeless.
— Frank LantzGame designer and NYU professor known for game theory and interactive entertainment
As actors, we are taught to show up ready to explore what might happen without a clear sense of the outcome. In a performance, you live in the unknown—you rehearse extensively, but the live performance can unfold in any number of ways. This requires you to be nimble, flexible, and curious.
— Tembi LockeAuthor of "From Scratch" memoir and television producer
As far back as we know, humans have spent a lot of energy making what I call 'pointless, precious things.' Archaeologists recently uncovered a life-size sculpture of a bison, 14,000 years old, in a cave in France. That must have taken real effort by people likely living a Palaeolithic lifestyle. That's part of why we've been so dominant on this planet.
— Dr. Martha BeckLife Coach, Author & Sociologist Known for Self-Acceptance Work
Take any product and change the identity of the person or entity associated with it, and you fundamentally change how the world interprets and values that product. The product itself is 100% identical—it hasn't changed at all. What has changed is the identity, and in particular, the status of the person attached to it.
— Toby E. StuartArt, for him, is a crucial means for turning thinking into doing in the world.
— Olafur EliassonIcelandic-Danish artist known for immersive light and weather installations
Creation, whatever form it takes, must improve the lives of as many people as possible.
— Philippe StarckRenowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design
An object must be useful before being beautiful.
— Philippe StarckRenowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design
Subversive, ethical, ecological, political, humorous… this is how I see my duty as a designer.
— Philippe StarckRenowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design
We scrutinise a photograph with a sense that we are scrutinising the actual objects themselves, although they are distanced from us in time and space.
— David BaileyPioneering British fashion photographer who revolutionized 1960s portrait photography
Images signify- mainly- something 'out there' in space and time that they have to make comprehensible to us as abstractions.
— David BaileyPioneering British fashion photographer who revolutionized 1960s portrait photography
When we look at a photograph, knowing that it is a photograph, we have a distinctive kind of experience: a visual confrontation with remote but actual objects and events.
— David BaileyPioneering British fashion photographer who revolutionized 1960s portrait photography
Photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.
— David BaileyPioneering British fashion photographer who revolutionized 1960s portrait photography